Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam train to school, notes are taken on parchment with quill pens, and Muggle legends come to life in the form of werewolves,...
History and criticism
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Author:Reagin, Nancy RuthSummary: - Author:Meineck, PeterSummary:
In this course, New York University professor Peter Meineck discusses the historical, social, political and cultural context of ancient Greek drama, concentrating on the four playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes...
- Author:Drout, Michael D. C.Summary:
In this course, Wheaton College professor Michael D.C. Drout traces the history of science fiction. From Mary Shelly's Frankenstein to today's cutting-edge authors, Drout offers a compelling analysis of the genre.
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Author:Barr, Marleen S.Summary:The surprising and controversial thesis of Feminist Fabulation is unflinching: the postmodern canon has systematically excluded a wide range of important women's writing by dismissing it as genre fiction. Marleen Barr issues an urgent...
- Author:Potkay, Monica BrzezinskiSummary:
In this course, College of William & Mary professor Monica Brzezinski Potkay provides an overview of the many different ways writers of fiction and nonfiction have imagined, and reimagined, the object known as the Grail.
- Author:Tissières, HélèneSummary:
Ce livre est le premier à traiter des multiples circulations qui traversent les oeuvres littéraires écrites en français, provenant du Maghreb et de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Tout en s'écartant des scissions communément pratiquées entre...
- Author:Shutt, Timothy BakerSummary:
Kenyon College professor Timothy B. Shutt delivers a revealing study of Dante's greatest work, The divine comedy. The Commedia is about the afterlife, not just Hell, but Purgatory, and Heaven too. Dante's genius is the genius of the...
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Author:Mathijs, ErnestSummary: - Author:McKegney, SamSummary:
Through rigorous engagement with Indigenous literary art, Carrying the Burden of Peace highlights the decolonial potential of Indigenous masculinities. Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities be an honour song--one that...
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Author:Turner, SteveSummary:Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music...
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Author:Manjikian, MarySummary:Mary Manjikian's Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End advances the thesis that only those who feel the most safe and whose lives are least precarious can engage in the sort of storytelling which envisions erasing...
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Author:Cazenave, Odile M.Summary: - Author:Manton, JoSummary:
"All music", said Johann Sebastian Bach, "should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul's refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no true music." At twenty three, in 1708, he accepted an invitation to...
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Author:Burkholder, J. Peter, Grout, Donald Jay, Palisca, Claude V.Summary:Building on his monumental revision of the Seventh Edition, PeterBurkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation ofstudents, placing people at the center of the story.The narrative of A History of Western Music...
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